MIL PLT DEPARTED NAS; PENETRATED TCA ENRTE TRNING MISSION.

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WHILE DEPARTING N ISLAND NAS; MLG ENTERED THE SAN DIEGO TCA AT 2800' MSL AND CONTINUED TO CLB TO 5500' MSL. THIS WAS ON A VFR DEP. AN IFR FLT PLAN WAS FILED HOWEVER; CLRNC DELIVERY INFORMED PLT TO EXPECT A DELAY; UP TO ONE HR; FOR IFR CLRNC. THE REASON FOR THIS DELAY WAS WITH SAN DIEGO APCH CTL. THE PLT; MYSELF; ELECTED TO DEPART VFR IN ORDER TO MEET A TIME WINDOW FOR AN OPERATION IN AIRSPACE W-291. ON DEP; THE PLT SWITCHED RADIOS FROM N ISLAND TWR TO 'BEAVER CTL' NEGLECTING TO CONTACT SAN DIEGO APCH CTL FOR CLRNC INTO TCA. AFTER RWY 18 DEP; SAID ACFT TURNED R TO A HDG OF 270 TO PROCEED DIRECT TO 'ORDER' INTXN. APPROX 10-15 NM E OF ORDER INTXN; COM WAS ESTABLISHED WITH BEAVER CTL. AT THAT TIME; BEAVER CTL INFORMED THE PLT TO CONTACT SAN DIEGO APCH CTL BY PHONE UPON RETURN TO N ISLAND NAS. AT THIS TIME; THE ACFT WAS AT 4500' MSL. UPON RETURN TO N ISLAND; THE PLT PHONED SAN DIEGO APCH CTL AND TALKED TO THE MGR OF THE FAC. THE MGR ASKED IF I WAS A LCL PLT; AND IF I KNEW WHAT I HAD DONE WRONG. I EXPLAINED WHAT I HAD DONE; AND HE INFORMED ME THAT NO VIOLATION WOULD BE FILED. IN THIS INCIDENT; THE PLT WAS COMPLACENT. I BECAME TOO CONCERNED WITH THE MIL MISSION AND VIOLATED A BASIC FAR AIRSPACE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. PLT TOTALLY FORGOT TCA AIRSPACE. CONCENTRATION WAS ON MISSION AND TIME FRAME. FEELS MIL PLTS CONSIDER THERE ARE SEPARATE 'CIVILIAN' AND MIL FLYING REQUIREMENTS. FEEL TWR CTLR COULD HAVE BEEN HELPED BY HANDING OFF TO APCH.